They drop back onto the couch, careful not to spill their sacra. They let their body sink into the cushions, sitting close to the arm of the couch so as to avoid invading Rawne’s personal space. The heaviness that they had felt last time is beginning to settle into their bones. “The reason I ask is that they feel similar to comas, but with memories to fill that time.”
"Maybe it is. I haven't been in a coma, here, so I'm not sure what they're like." He refills his glass, carefully. He's not drunk, really, but he's feeling a certain fogginess that the alcohol gives him.
“How long have you been here?” Their comas have been short and seldom, but they have happened. Everyone they know seems to have been in a coma at least once.
“Five years is a long time to have never had one.” The comas seem random, except for the fact that some groups of people seem to always go under at the same time, but that is a long time.
“They seem to do nothing. People who normally dream may dream while in comas, but I would have no idea. I doubt the Admiral directly controls them. He seems too absentminded for that.” Avalon uncrosses their legs, letting themself take up more space. “Shaw said that hers are fairly regular, right?”
“It is easier to anticipate, and it seems less likely that she might disappear.” How would I feel if she disappeared?
The orb answers that question for them, a little streak of navy crossing the surface for a moment. They have to look it up on their cheat sheet, but it makes sense. Like Rawne, Shaw understands their emotions, and knows what it feels like to have always been this way.
“I might start doing that, too. I want to feel like I care about more than her emotions.” They cared that she was in a coma, not only because they might feel lonely without someone whose experiences they can relate to, but because they wanted her to be safe. If they can strengthen that desire, they can form a better connection with her.
“I should try hers, or let her try mine. I know they have different color codes, but I think they also have different ways of … showing internal states.” Or the Admiral might have tailored them to the different ways that they and Shaw experience emotions.
"It could be an interesting experiment." He's not sure enough about how the orbs work to know what would happen, but he'd like to see it anyway. He's curious.
That curiosity could be his or theirs. The physical sensations of it are his, since their body feels heavier than it usually does when they feel curious about something. “I can tell you how it goes. She might not let me hold hers, but I can ask.”
"It's worth asking." He tips back half of his drink. The light, tingly feeling is starting to be replaced by heaviness that presses him back into the couch.
“He would be more helpful than I would.” He reads emotions through a lens of abstracts, while they are beginning to read emotions logically, seeing them in pieces the way Adam does.
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Date: 2024-08-05 11:45 pm (UTC)They drop back onto the couch, careful not to spill their sacra. They let their body sink into the cushions, sitting close to the arm of the couch so as to avoid invading Rawne’s personal space. The heaviness that they had felt last time is beginning to settle into their bones. “The reason I ask is that they feel similar to comas, but with memories to fill that time.”
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Date: 2024-08-05 11:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-08-06 12:23 am (UTC)“How long have you been here?” Their comas have been short and seldom, but they have happened. Everyone they know seems to have been in a coma at least once.
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Date: 2024-08-06 12:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-08-06 02:00 am (UTC)“Five years is a long time to have never had one.” The comas seem random, except for the fact that some groups of people seem to always go under at the same time, but that is a long time.
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Date: 2024-08-06 02:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-08-06 02:57 pm (UTC)“Do you have any idea why?”
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Date: 2024-08-06 03:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-08-06 04:17 pm (UTC)“They seem to do nothing. People who normally dream may dream while in comas, but I would have no idea. I doubt the Admiral directly controls them. He seems too absentminded for that.” Avalon uncrosses their legs, letting themself take up more space. “Shaw said that hers are fairly regular, right?”
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Date: 2024-08-06 04:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-08-06 08:25 pm (UTC)“It is easier to anticipate, and it seems less likely that she might disappear.” How would I feel if she disappeared?
The orb answers that question for them, a little streak of navy crossing the surface for a moment. They have to look it up on their cheat sheet, but it makes sense. Like Rawne, Shaw understands their emotions, and knows what it feels like to have always been this way.
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Date: 2024-08-06 09:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-08-07 12:09 am (UTC)“I might start doing that, too. I want to feel like I care about more than her emotions.” They cared that she was in a coma, not only because they might feel lonely without someone whose experiences they can relate to, but because they wanted her to be safe. If they can strengthen that desire, they can form a better connection with her.
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Date: 2024-08-07 12:18 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-08-07 08:50 pm (UTC)“That would be nice. How is she doing with her orb?”
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Date: 2024-08-07 08:56 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-08-07 09:42 pm (UTC)“I should try hers, or let her try mine. I know they have different color codes, but I think they also have different ways of … showing internal states.” Or the Admiral might have tailored them to the different ways that they and Shaw experience emotions.
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Date: 2024-08-07 09:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-08-08 07:57 pm (UTC)That curiosity could be his or theirs. The physical sensations of it are his, since their body feels heavier than it usually does when they feel curious about something. “I can tell you how it goes. She might not let me hold hers, but I can ask.”
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Date: 2024-08-08 08:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-08-09 09:50 pm (UTC)Avalon pulls their item off their wrist and studies it. “Were you able to talk to Will?”
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Date: 2024-08-09 09:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-08-09 11:11 pm (UTC)They nod. “I thought you wanted his help expressing your emotions, but I could be remembering wrong.”
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Date: 2024-08-10 12:09 am (UTC)"I talked to Malcom about it. Not recently, though. I probably should."
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Date: 2024-08-12 12:09 am (UTC)“He would be more helpful than I would.” He reads emotions through a lens of abstracts, while they are beginning to read emotions logically, seeing them in pieces the way Adam does.
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